Mail-order bride — is a label applied to a woman who publishes her intent to marry someone from another, usually more financially developed, country.[1] This term is considered offensive by some definitions.[2] The mail order bride industry is the economic trade of … Wikipedia
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Mortgage fraud — is crime in which the intent is to materially misrepresent or omit information on a mortgage loan application to obtain a loan or to obtain a larger loan than would have been obtained had the lender or borrower known the truth. In United States… … Wikipedia
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Vote-by-mail in Oregon — Vote by mail ballot from a 2006 special election The U.S. state of Oregon established vote by mail as the standard mechanism for voting with Ballot Measure 60, a citizen s initiative, in 1998. The measure made Oregon the first state in the United … Wikipedia
Paternity fraud — is the act of falsely naming a man to be the biological father of a child, particularly for the purpose of collecting child support (also referred to as child maintenance), by the mother when she knows or suspects that he is not the biological… … Wikipedia
Air Mail Scandal — The Air Mail Scandal, also known as the Air Mail Fiasco, is the name that the American press of the 1930s gave to the political scandal resulting from a congressional investigation of a meeting (the so called Spoils Conference ) between… … Wikipedia
The National Council Against Health Fraud — is a 501(c)(3) non profit,[1] US based organization registered in California,[2] that describes itself as a private nonprofit, voluntary health agency that focuses upon health misinformation, fraud, and quackery as public health problems. [3] The … Wikipedia
Direct Legislation League — The Oregon Direct Legislation League was an organization of political activists founded by William S. U Ren in the U.S. state of Oregon in 1898. U Ren had been politically activated by reading the influential 1893 book Direct Legislation Through… … Wikipedia
Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… … Universalium